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22.09.2021

“The Fun Revolution: Jack’s Adventures in Ideologyland” by The Wizard of New Zealand QSM

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"The Fun Revolution: Jack's Adventures in Ideologyland" by The Wizard of New Zealand QSM
"Part memoir, part myth-busting, wrapped up in a guide for revolutionary change, this book challenges the dogmatic ideologies of the physical and social sciences, and updates them using a series of 'useful fictions' based on process philosophy. More than just a finely-argued polemic, The Fun Revolution is a practical guide for a new generation of revolutionaries. Following decades of wizardry, oratory and cultural activism, Jack demonstrates how well-designed practical jokes can throw spanners into the mental works of otherwise unstoppable bureaucratic control freaks. He shows how the power of love expressed playfully can overcome the intolerant love of power. Topics include: the Blob; sending oneself up and raising one's consciousness by mistake; the use of ...>>
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22.09.2021

“Uncrossing: Identify, Cleanse, and Heal from Hexes, Curses, and Psychic Attack” by Katrina Rasbold

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"Uncrossing: Identify, Cleanse, and Heal from Hexes, Curses, and Psychic Attack" by Katrina Rasbold
"Anyone can be the target of a psychic attack, whether it's an intentional hex or an incidental crossing. This book shares effective techniques and practices for recovering from psychic attacks and protecting yourself in the future. Katrina Rasbold shares how to identify the different types of attacks by their symptoms and provides tips for managing an attack with IOB techniques, which stands for Identify, Objectify, and Banish. Discover step-by-step instructions for setting up a healing space, ritual baths and showers, egg cleansing, and working with sacred sprays and smudging bundles. Learn how to do a chakra check and work with spiritual tools such as candles, stones, and incense. You will also find advice for cleansing ...>>
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21.09.2021

“The Thing About Religion: An Introduction to the Material Study of Religions” by David Morgan

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"The Thing About Religion: An Introduction to the Material Study of Religions" by David Morgan
"Common views of religion typically focus on the beliefs and meanings derived from revealed scriptures, ideas, and doctrines. David Morgan has led the way in radically broadening that framework to encompass the understanding that religions are fundamentally embodied, material forms of practice. This concise primer shows readers how to study what has come to be termed material religion—the ways religious meaning is enacted in the material world. Material religion includes the things people wear, eat, sing, touch, look at, create, and avoid. It also encompasses the places where religion and the social realities of everyday life, including gender, class, and race, intersect in physical ways. This interdisciplinary approach brings religious studies into conversation with ...>>
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21.09.2021

“Materiality and the Study of Religion: The Stuff of the Sacred” edited by Tim Hutchings and Joanne McKenzie

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"Materiality and the Study of Religion: The Stuff of the Sacred" edited by Tim Hutchings and Joanne McKenzie
"Material culture has emerged in recent decades as a significant theoretical concern for the study of religion. This book contributes to and evaluates this material turn, presenting thirteen chapters of new empirical research and theoretical reflection from some of the leading international scholars of material religion. Following a model for material analysis proposed in the first chapter by David Morgan, the contributors trace the life cycle of religious materiality through three phases: the production of religious objects, their classification as religious (or non-religious), and their circulation and use in material culture. The chapters in this volume consider how objects become and cease to be sacred, how materiality can be used to contest access to public ...>>
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